Executive Summary:  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched a pilot audit program as part of its HIPAA enforcement efforts.  OCR intends to audit a range of HIPAA-covered entities and plans to use resulting audit reports to determine what types of technical assistance should be developed and what types of corrective action are most effective.  Audits conducted during the pilot phase will conclude by December 2012.  In addition to the audit program, OCR will continue to accept HIPAA-related complaints from individuals. 

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